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G. B. CARMAN. Necktie or Scarf Holder.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GHARLES'B. OARMAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

NECKTIE OR SCARF HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 229,519, dated July 6, 1880. Applicationfiled April 24, 1880. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES B. OARMAN, of the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie or Scarf Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to afford a means of keeping in. place the necktie or scarf usually worn with standing collars.

When the tie or scarf is placed about the neck in the ordinary manner it is very apt to slip or slide up and down out of place, causing the dressing of the neck to present, particularly in front, an untidy appearance, and occasioning discomfort to the wearer. This slipping of the tie or scarf is effectually prevented by the use of my invention, of which the following is a description, reference being bad to the drawings.

Figure 1 is a representation of my invention. Fig. 2 represents the mode of applying it to a collar.

In the drawings, Fig.1, a a are spring loops or clasps, the free ends of which, in front, terminate in points or hooks b b, which project from the front of the loops or clasps. These loops or clasps are connected by the bar a, which is bent so as to conform somewhat to the curvature of the collar.

In use the holder is attached to the collar by pushing the spring loops or clasps over the lower edge of the collar-band, so that the latter will be clasped thereby, as shown in Fig. 2, the bar 0 serving to keep the loops or claspsfirm and steady and a proper fixed distance apart. The tie or scarf being then placed around the neck, the points or hooks b b will enter and catch the inside of the former, pinning it fast, and rendering it impossible for it to slip or slide. The holder is entirely concealed, and the tie can be kept higher or lower at will, and no displacement of the dressing of the neck can occur.

In the drawings my scarf-holder is represented as made of small-sized wire bent into the form indicated; but it may be formed of any suitable material, and the points which secure the scarf may, if desired, be formed separately and affixed to the loops or clasps in any convenient manner, so as to project sufficiently for the purpose indicated.

The bar 0 may, if desired, be extended, so as to embrace additional loops or clasps.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An improved necktie or scarf holder consisting of the bar a and loops or clasps a a, with projecting points or books b b, all arranged substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

oHAs. B. OARMAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN P. HUDsoN, F. W. OATLIN. 

